State Workers Seeking Public's Sympathy?

So now the state employee unions are set to embark on a sympathy campaign targeting the public [March 26, Page 21, "TV Ads, Rally: State Employee Unions Hitting Back"].

Is this the same public forced to endure its own wage freezes, reduced hours, benefit and pension reductions, layoffs, downsizing and restructuring hardships in the private sector? The private sector workforce, which has no recourse for dealing with often life-changing job changes? If that's the public the state employee unions are trying to sway, good luck with that.